Knit - offline peer-to-peer messaging - added to fDroid this week
2026-08-08 18:12 UTC
sounds like it can replace Briar?
An offline, serverless mesh messenger for Android — end-to-end encrypted, no internet, no accounts, no Google Play services.
Your phones talk directly to each other over Wi-Fi Aware and Bluetooth LE, and relay for one another hop by hop.
f-droid.org/en/packages/app.getknit.knit/
github.com/getknit/knit
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@artyom@piefed.social 2026-08-08 19:43
No, Briar makes it possible to connect over the web as well. If an app only connects over BT + WiFi, how often is someone really going to use that? I mean you have to be within shouting distance. In the case of Briar, it just uses whatever is the most secure method available at that time, and one of the methods is more or less always available. Also this is vibecoded, which is undesireable in general, but especially so in any kind of secure setting.